Conference Shuffle

[BCPanther]

New rumors....

They are both done to the Mountain West. NIU is headed for The Horizon.

Trading Missouri State for Toledo would be an A+ outcome better than any of us ever could have hoped for when this all started.

[achrist70]

Would the A10 try to take Toledo away from the Valley? I know it is mostly private schools but it is kind of in their foot print.

[BCPanther]

Would the A10 try to take Toledo away from the Valley? I know it is mostly private schools but it is kind of in their foot print.

No. The A10s history says you have to have a flashy tournament run and they don't plus I don't think Dayton wants another school in Ohio.

[nadf.]

The Sac-12, the committee helping Sac State get to the FBS level, has raised $35 million in NIL funds in the last 24 hours. The money "demonstrates the civic + business commitment of all of those in the greater Sacramento region," says co-chair Josh Wood. Ultimate goal: $50M

https://x.com/achristovichh/status/1840858027949216071

[BCPanther]

The Sac-12, the committee helping Sac State get to the FBS level, has raised $35 million in NIL funds in the last 24 hours. The money "demonstrates the civic + business commitment of all of those in the greater Sacramento region," says co-chair Josh Wood. Ultimate goal: $50M

https://x.com/achristovichh/status/1840858027949216071

This is so fishy.

They don't even raise $1M a year through their Booster Club/Scholarship Club fund but they were able to put $35M together in 10 days?

Okay.

[UNIpanther99]

UTEP reportedly in the final stages of leaving CUSA for the Mountain West. Does this now open the possiblity that CUSA looks to the Dakotas?

[BCPanther]

UTEP reportedly in the final stages of leaving CUSA for the Mountain West. Does this now open the possiblity that CUSA looks to the Dakotas?

If the MWC is taking NIU and Toledo as football only, the Dakotas are a really nice bridge to get there and they also keep Wyoming from totally being on an island.

[UNIAlum95]

The Zag's to join the Pac-12 for "all sports"...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/41550151/gonzaga-join-pac-12-basketball-school-sources-say

[nadf.]

Mountain West in talks with Tarleton State. Imo this tells you something about where the Dakotas stand.

https://x.com/rossdellenger/status/1841128732334977047?s=46

[achrist70]

Tarleton State is in Stephenville Texas which I believe would be in the Dallas Fort Worth TV Market.

[BCPanther]

The play for the Dakotas after all this is football-only to CUSA. With Missouri State and NMSU there, it's a reasonable western pod for that league. Plus you get games in Houston, Atlanta and Miami for recruiting.

Football just needs to split off of conference affiliation and we can get some sanity back.

[QCPanther05]

The play for the Dakotas after all this is football-only to CUSA. With Missouri State and NMSU there, it's a reasonable western pod for that league. Plus you get games in Houston, Atlanta and Miami for recruiting.

Football just needs to split off of conference affiliation and we can get some sanity back.

There’s a reason that the Dakotas get passed over time and again. It’s not success, it’s not money—it’s people. Nobody lives in those states. There aren’t even tv sets to move the needle on any media deal. That’s the only thing that matters.

[UNIdad]

Not the ones that have resources like they do. JMU, Marshall, Georgia Southern, Liberty, WKU have all been pretty successful because they had money and a plan. Delaware is going to be just fine as well.

The ones that have failed are the ones that though just moving up was going to solve all their existing problems. Huge difference between chasing the money by moving up and having the money to spend once you move up.

Most of the ordinary Georgia Southern fans have not been thrilled with their FBS experience. They miss winning more and competing for national championships. I hear lots of clamoring for the good ol' days. "Run the damn ball." Still have lots of wishboners down there.

[UNIpanther99]

https://sports.yahoo.com/while-sec-and-big-ten-leaders-mull-major-changes-a-new-super-league-concept-looms-that-could-radically-alter-college-sports-130031534.html

This is the most dangerous thing I've read about the future of college sports in recent times, and there has been a lot of dangerous stuff lately.

This would absolutely kill football at our level, there's no other way about it. All of the money that went to guarantees would redirect back into the already fat bank accounts of the top 70 schools. The remaining FBS schools wouldn't have any money to pay FCS schools for buy games either. Budgets and salaries would be slashed. There would be no NIL money for the players. Games would need to be very regional bus trips.

[BCPanther]

https://sports.yahoo.com/while-sec-a...130031534.html

This is the most dangerous thing I've read about the future of college sports in recent times, and there has been a lot of dangerous stuff lately.

This would absolutely kill football at our level, there's no other way about it. All of the money that went to guarantees would redirect back into the already fat bank accounts of the top 70 schools. The remaining FBS schools wouldn't have any money to pay FCS schools for buy games either. Budgets and salaries would be slashed. There would be no NIL money for the players. Games would need to be very regional bus trips.

Add in the House settlement that's going to require schools at our level to pay P4 football players from 20 years ago and it gets hard to see athletics at our level ever competing at the highest level ever again and it's all on purpose.

Frankly, I'm not sure I'd put a shovel in the ground for the Dome until this all shakes out.